Covered Calls

Kadant Inc

KAINYSE · USD

292.74USD-6.71 (-2.25%)

685

Kadant Inc (KAI) Covered Calls

Kadant Inc trades in the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry with an IV Rank of 55.56%, average versus the past year. KAI's highest covered call setup is the $330.00 strike expiring Nov 20, 2026, sorted by theoretical annualized return. It's 10.20% out of the money with 15 days to expiration, a 10.44% return until expiration, and a 253.94% theoretical annualized return. Across the setups shown, annualized returns run from 91.08% to 253.94% at strikes between $310.00 and $430.00, with 15 to 162 days to expiration, as of Nov 5, 2026.

Running KAI covered calls helps you generate income from Kadant Inc shares you already own, turning a long stock position into a yield producing asset. A covered call means holding the underlying stock and selling a call option against it, collecting premium in exchange for capping upside at the strike. Use our scanner to find the best KAI covered calls in real time and filter for the strikes, expiries, and premiums that fit your strategy.

A covered call pairs limited risk with a clear income profile. If KAI stays below the strike at expiration, you keep the premium and the shares. If it rises above, you deliver the stock at the strike and still pocket the premium. Selling KAI covered calls works best when implied volatility is elevated, since richer premiums improve the risk reward. Key inputs include strike selection relative to delta, days to expiration, annualized return, and probability of assignment, all of which determine whether a given KAI covered call is worth writing.

Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. It operates through three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems and equipment, such as rotary joints, syphons, turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems; and doctoring, cleaning, and filtration systems and related consumables, consisting of doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, shower and fabric-conditioning systems, formation systems, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment develops, manufactures, and markets ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, logging machinery, industrial automation and control systems, recycling and approach flow systems, and virgin pulping process equipment for use in the packaging, tissue, wood products, and alternative fuel industries.


2026-11-20	15	330.00	10.20	0.70	4.50	3125.00	10.44	253.94	-0.23	+0.17	0	3.80
2026-11-20	15	320.00	6.86	1.50	5.50	2205.00	7.36	179.18	-0.50	+0.24	4	4.00
2026-12-18	43	350.00	16.88	0.20	4.30	5075.00	16.95	143.86	-0.07	+0.13	0	4.10
2026-11-20	15	310.00	3.52	4.50	7.40	1505.00	5.03	122.30	-1.50	+0.36	0	2.90
2027-01-15	71	370.00	23.56	0.10	4.10	7065.00	23.59	121.29	-0.03	+0.10	0	4.00
2026-12-18	43	340.00	13.54	2.05	5.00	4260.00	14.23	120.76	-0.68	+0.18	0	2.95
2027-01-15	71	360.00	20.22	0.50	4.50	6105.00	20.39	104.81	-0.17	+0.12	1	4.00
2027-04-16	162	430.00	43.60	0.10	4.10	13065.00	43.63	98.30	-0.03	+0.08	0	4.00
2026-12-18	43	330.00	10.20	3.00	6.40	3355.00	11.20	95.10	-1.00	+0.24	0	3.40
2027-04-16	162	420.00	40.26	0.50	4.30	12105.00	40.42	91.08	-0.17	+0.09	0	3.80

As of Nov 5, 2026

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Stock Statistics

IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery
SectorIndustrials
IV Rank55.56% Moderate
Market cap (M$)3,536
52 weeks high-15.43%
52 weeks low22.29%
Analyst recommendationBuy
2.00
Target price$357.50
22.12% above the current stock price
Dividend—
Payout ratio15.73%
Earnings date2026-11-03
P/E30.22
Future P/E21.35
EPS (ttm)9.91
EPS growth next 5 years—

As of Nov 5, 2026

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